"The House Beyond Your Sky" is a science fiction short story written in 2006 by American writer Benjamin Rosenbaum.
The story is about Matthias, a priest of an extremely ancient and highly advanced race of beings, who inhabit a cold and dying universe.
Matthias maintains a library of virtual universes, including the one inhabited by humans.
However, he has also begun to construct a new, real universe, attracting the attention of one of the most powerful members of his race.
So, as he watches a sorrowful little girl with an abusive father in one of his virtual worlds, Matthias prepares for the arrival of this pilgrim, who has an interesting proposal.